Valve



May 30, 1950 L. BURN 2,509,958

VALVE Filed June 20, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ISA.

E 1n fentor A ttomey 3 L. BURN May 30, 1950 VALVE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 20, 1944 NOE @MOm mm W Dnm. G.@ E cm a 2mm Wu K mm mm %ventor Attorneys Patented May 30, 1950 Application June 20, 1944;Serial No: 541,225 In GreatBritain November 6, 1942 This invention relates to improvements in valves for rotary impulse pumps and has more particular reference to intermittent pressure pumps. Such types of pumps embrace the known oscillating or rotary type wherein delivery fluctuates between zero and maximum at each revolution. it

The invention is especially applicable to pumping systems wherein there is a foot valve at the inlet or suction pipe terminal and either a considerable lengthof suction or delivery piping or both and wherein a pulsating movement of the water column or columns is produced, the momentum of the water in the said columns increasing the volume of the foot valve intake over and above the swept volume of the rotor, and thus increasing the volumetric efficiency of the pump. In some systems the arrangements and conditions of operation are frequently such that the suction side of the pump is required to be satisfied not from the delivery column but through a relief valve, this condition being necessary in pumping systems wherein the pump is kept running but the delivery is checked or closed.

According to the invention there is provided in a rotary impulse pump of the intermittent pressure type both a relief valve i. e. delivery to inlet, and a by-pass valve admitting inlet to delivery. The by-pass valve admits the increased volume of water at the intake foot valves over and above the pump piston swept volume to pass to delivery with the least possible resistance. The two valves therefore are opposed in their operation the one to the other, and it is convenient for the purposes of manufacture to provide the valves contiguous the one to the other as a combined unit as means that will allow the above combined valve gear as an entity when placed across the pump ports to be reversed, such arrangement enabling either direction of drive of the pump to take place or the valve gear to be reversed in cases where in coupling the pump to existing pipes the normal delivery side of the pump has to be the suction side.

The sleeve carrying said valves is disposed in a suitable cavity within the said pump casing and is capable of having a reversible position therein and secured in either position in a fluid tight condition. The relief valve is held closed to suction by resilient means, the degree of pressure thereon being adjustable by an external device. Further in some types of pumps the fluid inlet delivery pipes andvalve gear are aligned so that the by-pass valve operates to admitfluid u to the delivery system 2 i 11: without passing through i the pump. i i

Furtherthere is provided a pocket or reservoir for fluid adjacent the inlet and outlet ports said 1 pocket providing a suction reserve that has proved beneficial when pumping volatile fluids;- since it tends to createno vapourising poi-nt in the column of liquids when the latter is sub-1 jected tointermittent impulses. The sameap .plies to the delivery side of the pump and equally 1.

having incombination with a pumping member a combined relief and by-pass valve device" wherein said valves are resiliently mountedand axially aligned in a dismountable cylindrical sleeve, said sleeve having inlet and delivery ports coincident with like ports in said pump and wherein said valves are mounted within said sleeve intermediate of said ports. T The invention further consists inproviding adjacent the pump intake and deliveryports; pockets or small reservoirs for the purpose set out above. The type of rotary pump to which the invention relates may be of the eccentric. oscillating piston disc type or the rotary eccentric disc type with vanes mobile within said disc.

In order that the invention may be more fully described and ascertained reference is made to theaccompanying drawings in which i Fig. 1 shews in part sectional elevation the valve gear constituting this invention as applied to a rotary pulsating pump of the vane type and wherein the suction and delivery pipes are aligned, the relief and by-pass valves inter-" vening.

Fig. 2 shews the invention as applied to an oscillating disc type pump wherein the suction and delivery are not aligned. I

Fig. 3 shews a fragmentary external view of" an adjustment device for relief valve springw Fig. 4 is a section through the relief and bypass valves on line A--B, Fig. 2.

According to the illustration and referring to Fig. 2 a form of the invention is shown andas applied to an oscillating disc type of pump l which is provided with a suction inlet 2 aud t delivery outlet 20.. Ports 3 and 4 respectively communicate with a tubular housing 5 preferably formed within the substance of the casing ofthe pump I. The tubular housing 5 is machined internally and within same is fitted a portedsleeve 6: The said sleeveinthe form shown isarrange+ 3 so that the ports 3 and 4 communicate with ports I and la in the ported sleeve 6. Said ports I and 1a are equally spaced about the centre A-B, it being arranged that the valve gear hereinafter described is mounted within the sleeve 6 between the ports I and la. A fluidtight connection is made at each end of the tubular housing by means of packing washers 8 which at the by -p'as's valve end is locked into position by a flange and hexagon-headed plug 9 having a screwed extremity l engaging the threaded interior of the ported sleeve 6 at ll. At the relief valve side of the said ported sleeve 6 a flange and hexagon-headed plug [2 is adapted to press upon the washer 8 and seal the'housing against egress of fluid. The plug I2 is threaded as at H to the interior of the sleeve 6 and is fashioned with a cylindrical ei'ct'ension l3.

Mounted within the extension I3 of plug I2 is a spring adjustment studbar l4 having an en- Iarsedand headedabutm nt dap ed to receive the coils of the spring IS, a cylindrical extension H or he said abutment-ac in as a uide an e ainine v oe'for h prin 1 At the. rear of the abutment l5 there is provided a threaded screwed stud l8 formed on the rod I4 n a in a hreaded socket is pr v d d i he plug I2; The rod M is made fluid-tight by means ofa packing 20, a packing ring 2 I, and a threaded gland plug 22. The end of the rod I4 is pro vided with a square extremity. 23 over which is pl ed a micrometer cap :24, th latt rbeing s cured in place by means of a locking screw 25. The sp ing l6 n es the holl w relief Valve 26. the annular seating 21 being formed on said valve to accommodate the terminal coil {if the spring I6. The hollow relief valve26 is formed withsxternal pr j ct n ri s 28, see Fi 4, e aing theflwalls of thefluid pa sa e 8a in sleeve vl3, leaving passages 29 surrounding the greater part of its periphery for fluid flow when the said relief valve by fluid pressure is removed from it ting 39 for ed a wn in a ickened portionof the sleeve 5. Within the cylindrieal interior of the relief valve 26 is mounted the bypass valve 3| which is also formed with project-mu providin ports 33 for admissi n f.:fluid through he c ntr of the relief valve when he by-pa s valves-l li fro its eat n The said by-pass valve 3| is formed with ,a shank 34 for aligning the spring 35, said spring being mountedabout a rod ;36 formed with or ecured to the pl s ex remi y lit. sai sprin abut ing t i s en r mo from the v lve pon the base of the plug '9. V

r'Ihe operation of this form-ofthe invention is sl'follows-z The circular pum ing disc 'lAoi the pump I in moving in the direction shown the arrow an d by reason of its being mounted on an asis lll which is eccentric to theaxis of the cavity M, is about to del ver a shares of liq id hr h the. p 2a, and in s o movem ut i inducing a flow. of fluidto h p te 14.:2 on t e reverse side to that of delivery oi the abutment plate 43. If, for any reason, delivery is not re qui ed d r mp. i r nn g e s :ofmflui from the-por 2a is s opped and the Pressure.

builds until the fluid passes through the ports} the fluid unde pressure torass thr h the po ts 1- and, 3 to the suction or intake side o t the pump. During suchtmovement of the reliervalve,

the by-pass valve 3! remains upon its seat Qthe direction o fluid iowo as isti 'rheo els l e t.

load upon the relief valve 26 is adjusted by means of the cap 24 which is graduated circumferentially as at 45, the load being adjusted upon the said spring [6 by turning the cap 24 either right or left handed, the amount of compression being measured in relation to the axial markings 46 upon the cylindrical extension l3 of the screwed plug l2. If the pump l is operating with a long column of I suction and delivery, there will be intermittent pressure exerted in the column and the resulting surge causes fluid from the intake to pass through the relief valve and lift the bypass valve 3l, allowing an excess of liquid over and above that pertinent to the swept volume of the-pump to pass to the delivery side without its passage through the pump as such at all.

It will be observed from the drawing that the ported sleeve 6 constituting the valve housing is capable of being reversed, so that the delivery side as shown in the illustration can be reversed, n since i -th s f f p mp in ta la n th ue 'onan d l very pipin s o e me d ei eransi e borin s al of eq d m nsio s. it s a onven ence to be ab e to c an e the s s.- o of pum n manufacture t wi be serv d. that he toolin is e uc d to a m nimum, the housing 5 to the ported sleeve being a straight boring operation and the whole ofithe alv arr n men s oan he assem ed in 1 he ee e .5 and 'a lius edp o o p c n th va e ear and eev Bt i n. the body o t e pr me:

It i be no ed that a s cu it de i e in t e rm oi hib or. lee screws 4? r s th p u 12 i to plate. and in i s s pus d. po'sitioe i in the valve cham 6.. The l vepa s va ve p in an qua e ad u ed ex rn ly b the am 'meaiis as hose hown n e ard to the elie val e 2 bu as t a stme t this alve is o critical, he stre t of the sp in a n first. be n de erm e a cor to he. iz of the. mp nd the s e pr due d, there is need to alter it a ter h firs sett g.

b ut he nlet en oi le p s 3 a d 4 are rra eeden e meots or po e s 8 saleab of holding fluid in readiness for pumping.

lnthe or of he i v o s e i Fig- 1 he-inlet pip 2 i a gne with e el e e r nd s ee e 6 and ou le 9- T s e odimen oi e inv ntion e a es he e ee s fl d o sw pt olum of he um under pu a to s iiirect from the inlet 2, through the by-pass valve 3 1. tothe delivery pipe 2a Without passing through the pump HI. The construction of this m d fi at on i --s st h y s r to hat shOW in F 2 t to o e d st e of he spring [6 o f therelief valve 26 thehollow abut:

said hollow stud l5 adjustable by means of a c ew driver i serted th h he plus it upon assembly, -C, ollpling in a known mannerismade between the inlet and outlet pipes and the seal-t ing pIugsS and [2 as shown.

l ai i l. A valve structure comprising a casing hav;.

ins a b r t erei a pas a e oor i iunieetius herewi h, a sleev mo nte zin t o e i asinsa id h v n ar a -y spac p r therein communieat ns re pectively With h passa in he casin the l v h in an in ior he e which is of vreelu e i d am r e ween ai port nd prov ed wi h a valv a a on en a tubul r r lie va ve m t d sl d blv in s id reduced, portion-of the b re of t es ve and en- ,1; eageahle ext riqrlv at on e d w h sa d valve seat and having a valve seat at its opposite end, a by-pass valve slidably mounted within tubular relief valve and engageable with the valve seat thereon, plugs threaded into the respective ends of the sleeve and abutting against adjacent portions of the casing for securing the sleeve in the casing, and springs interposed between the relief valve and the by-pass valve and the respective plugs and acting to yieldingly hold sai valves on their respective seats.

2. A valve structure as defined in claim 1, wherein said spring acting on said by-pass valve is yieldable to permit direct flow of fluid axially through said tubular relief valve while seated.

3. A valve structure as defined in claim 1, wherein the ends of said sleeve are open, and said plugs are hollow and communicate therewith and provide intake and delivery connections.

4. A valve structure as defined in claim 1, including an adjustable abutment engaging said spring for said relief valve and threaded in the respective plug, an axially movable and rotatable shaft extending through said last mentioned plug and connected to said abutment, axially graduated markings on said last mentioned plug, and a manually operable cap fixed to said shaft and having circumferential gradu- 8 ations thereon to cooperate with said markings and thereby indicate the adjustment of the spring for said relief valve.

LEWIS BURN.

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